Event 1: Chip Counts

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 517
Average Stack: 1,290,000 (32 bb)

Roberto Bendeck – 1,925,000 (58 bb)
Brent Philbin – 1,680,000 (42 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 1,425,000 (35 bb)
Nashaat Antonious – 1,225,000 (30 bb)
Peter Petakus – 900,000 (22 bb)
Charlamagne Benjamin – 625,000 (15 bb)

Event 1: Michel Gariepy Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,963)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 517
Average Stack: 1,290,000 (43 bb)

Following the river of a 3h3s8cJd4h board with roughly 500,000 in the pot, Michel Gariepy was all in for about 260,000 from the big blind. Roberto Bendeck tanked for a bit from early position before called.

Gariepy showed Qd9s, while Bendeck tabled Jc9c for jacks and threes to score the elimination.

Roberto Bendeck – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
Michel Gariepy – Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,963)

Event 1: Marie Fisher Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,094)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 517
Average Stack: 1,110,000 (37 bb)

Marie Fisher raised all in for about 110,000 from the cutoff and found action from Brent Philbin in the small blind. Fisher held Ad9s, slightly ahead of Philbin’s Kh7s.

The board ran out Kc6d4d2sKs, giving Philbin trip kings to eliminate Fisher.

Brent Philbin – 1,700,000 (57 bb)
Marie Fisher – Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,094)

Event 1: George Boyadjian Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,171)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 517
Average Stack: 970,000 (32 bb)

George Boyadjian limped in from middle position, Brent Philbin raised from the next seat over, Boyadjian reraised all in for about 540,000, and Philbin called.

Boyadjian: AsAd
Philbin: JsJd

The board came down 9s2d2hJcKd, giving Philbin jacks full of deuces to eliminate Boyadjian in ninth place.

Brent Philbin – 1,570,000 (52 bb)
George Boyadjian – Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,171)

Event 1: Dimitry Agrachov Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,411)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 517
Average Stack: 860,000 (28 bb)

Dimitry Agrachov raised from the hijack, Roberto Bendeck three-bet to 135,000 from the small blind, Agrachov four-bet shoved for 662,000, and Bendeck called.

Agrachov: AsQc
Bendeck: JcJs

The board came down KsKh6d6s3s, no help to Agrachov, ending his tournament in 10th place.

Roberto Bendeck – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,411)

Event 1: Unofficial Final Table Set

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 517
Average Stack: 775,000 (32 bb)

The unofficial final table is set after the eliminations of Fariborz Zojaji (12th – $1,411) and Mark Nahama (11th – $1,411).

Seat 1: Nashaat Antonious – 1,100,000 (36 bb)
Seat 2: Marie Fisher – 550,000 (18 bb)
Seat 3: Raffaello Locatelli – 1,780,000 (59 bb)
Seat 4: George Boyadjian – 320,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5: Brent Philbin – 680,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: Dimitry Agrachov – 670,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Charlamagne Benjamin – 520,000 (17 bb)
Seat 8: Michel Gariepy – 655,000 (22 bb)
Seat 9: Peter Petakus – 580,000 (19 bb)
Seat 10: Roberto Bendeck – 900,000 (30 bb)

Event 1: Jeff Fogel Eliminated in 13th Place ($1,086)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 517
Average Stack: 646,000 (27 bb)

Jeff Fogel raised all in from the hijack for about 190,000 and Charlamagne Benjamin called from the big blind with AhQs, leading Fogel’s Kc8c.

The board rolled out Qc7s3hQh9s, giving Benjamin trip queens to eliminate Fogel in 13th place.

Charlamagne Benjamin – 530,000 (22 bb)
Jeff Fogel – Eliminated in 13th Place ($1,086)

Event 1: Yves Fequiere Eliminated in 14th Place ($1,086)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 517
Average Stack: 596,000 (25 bb)

Following the eliminations of Edgar Varas (17th – $814), Theo Lawson (16th – $814), and Angel Bracho (15th – $1,086), Yves Fequiere raised all in from early position for about 150,000. Michel Gariepy called from the big blind.

Fequiere: Ks9h
Gariepy: AcJs

The board ran out Ah10s5cJdAs, giving Gariepy aces full of jacks to score the elimination.

Michel Gariepy – 710,000 (29 bb)
Yves Fequiere – Eliminated in 14th Place ($1,086)

Event 1: Matthew Zarcadoolas Eliminated in 18th Place ($814)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 517
Average Stack: 456,000 (28 bb)

Brent Philbin raised to 35,000 from the cutoff, Matthew Zarcadoolas three-bet shoved from the button for about 280,000, Charlemagne Benjamin four-bet shoved from the big blind for roughly 370,000, and Philbin called with a slightly covering stack.

Philbin: KhKs
Zarcadoolas: Qc9h
Benjamin: KcKd

The board ran out Qh10h10s5c3h, safe for Philbin and Benjamin to chop up Zarcadoolas’ stack.

Brent Philbin – 535,000 (33 bb)
Charlamagne Benjamin – 530,000 (33 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – Eliminated in 18th Place ($814)